今天我們要學的詞是 hindrance. hindrance 的意思是阻力，障礙。The U.S. said it will scale back military exercises with South Korea next year, so the war games are not a hindrance to diplomacy over ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program. 美國表示將在明年縮減與韓國的軍事演習，這樣軍演就不會阻礙為結束朝鮮核武計劃而進行的外交努力。One of the touchy issues in Brexit talks is whether Ireland and Northern Ireland will again be separated by a so-called “hard border” or the Irish will be able to move themselves and their goods across the border without hindrance. 英國脫歐談判中一個棘手的問題是，愛爾蘭和北愛爾蘭是否會被所謂的“硬邊界”再次分開，還是他們能夠暢通無阻地跨越兩地邊境往返和運輸貨物。